University of Tennessee
Materials Science & Engineering Department



Research Meeting at the UT Creamery
Knoxville, TN, April 20, 2026





One of the good things about having the weekly research meeting at the Center for Renewable Carbon on the campus of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is its proximity to the UT Creamery, where the ice cream is sourced from the UT Dairy farm.

Clockwise from front: Kendhl Seabright (CRC laboratory manager), Mohsen Samandari (MSE PhD), Amelia Northam (MSE freshmen), Fabriana Prawiranata (MSE MS), Jocelyn Hess (MSE senior), Maya Vidal-Laramee (MSE freshmen), Brianna Greer (ESE PhD), Callie Jee (MSE sophomore), Emmaline Howard (MSE PhD & Harper-Keffer group alumna), Matthew Valderrama (MSE alumnus & visiting graduate researcher from Aalborg University, Denmark), Professor David Harper (CRC, joint MSE), Ronan Tollefsen (MSE junior), Jonah Brown (CBE PhD) & Tripp Hancock (Mech Eng'g senior).

Not pictured: Ayush Joshi (MSE sophomore), Chris Webb (MSE PhD), Quintinne Madsen (Physics junior), Amy Kurr (ESE PhD) and Dr. Philip Barnett (UT-ORII).

photo credit: Prof. David Keffer (MSE & joint CRC)

More photos on the Keffer research group site.